Matthew Deric Gore's 'A Royal Flush,' oil on canvas, will be on view at the Centennial Art Center through March 25.

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MiChelle Jones
For The Tennessean

Matthew Deric Gore's and Hannah Rowell's works hang side by side in Centennial Art Center gallery, setting up an impressive contrast between her lighter drawings - many in this show combine Rowell's realistic renderings with the fanciful, sketchy ones of her young twin daughters - and Gore's dark, rich paintings.

That part of the show already was planned when Joshua Wagner took over as gallery manager last year. He added the third artist in the current exhibition, woodturner Barry Werner, whose vessels and sculptures add a 3-D element to the show. Werner's works also have a surprising sense ...